Nepotism, the practice of favoring family members or close associates in professional appointments, is a detrimental phenomenon that undermines meritocracy and hinders progress in any society.
In the context of Liberia, where the need for transparent and accountable leadership is paramount, the recent revelations regarding Joseph N. Boakai's nepotistic tendencies raise concerns about his suitability for the presidency.
Winning the war against the uncontrollable spread of narcotic and other harmful banned substances will only be possible in Liberia when people in authority and the adjacent community of affluent people and businesses see it as an explicit danger to mankind.
There has been much ado about stemming this virus plaguing the nation’s youthful population with little or no clear practical approach but theories and blame game.
Consultations are urgently needed to address serious concerns that Liberia’s ongoing electoral process is being seriously compromised by actions of the government, which appears to be working in partisanship with the National Election Commission (NEC), a body constitutionally mandated to supervise free and fair elections in keeping with internationally established democratic standards.
Philadelphia’s Black immigrant population has been growing. According to the Pew Research Center, some 120,000 Black immigrants now call Philly home. Since the 1990s, African immigrants have comprised a large portion of this migration, arriving from Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, and other countries throughout the continent.
At the end of the respective wars, Presidents Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia faced deeply fractured societies traumatized by years of brutal violence and poor governance.
The Wagner Group, the mercenary army run by Vladimir Putin's ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, is instrumental to Russia's war on Ukraine. But Wagner has also been on the offensive across Africa.
In spite of the negative forecast when we first took on the mantle of leadership of this Nation in 2018, we have accomplished quite a lot, against all the odds.
Two years ago, Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic Alexei Navalny was jailed. Much has and hasn't changed since then, but Putin's invasion of Ukraine means that Russia has put itself on a course of no return
During his planned visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan in February 2023, Pope Francis intends to be in dialogue with African Catholics – but also to listen to political leaders and young Africans.
